Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Dawn Michelle Schoen, 47, of Gillespie, Ill., died on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She was born July 18, 1976, in Jerseyville, Ill., to Calvin Bruce Greer and Jody Kay...

Linda M. (Hammond) Dennis, 63, of Bunker Hill, Ill., died on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at Gillespie Health and Rehab Center in Gillespie. She was born Dec. 5, 1959, in Alton, Ill., to John Hammond and...

Jacqueline R. Wise, 71, of Mount Olive, Ill., died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, Ill. She was born Aug. 21, 1952, in Granite City, Ill., to Mary Carpenter Lipe....

Nancy Carole Eickmeyer, 90, of Mount Olive, Ill., died on Nov. 30, 2023, at Gillespie Health Care. She was born to Willie Layzenby Dennis and she married Norman Otto Eickmeyer. Nancy is survived by...

Patsy Irene Jacobsen Lehman, 87, died on Nov. 23, 2023. She was born Jan. 2, 1936, in St. Louis, Mo., the eldest daughter of Charles and Inez (Eldridge) Jacobsen. She married Billie E. Lehman on...

Julia A. Chaney, 85, of Bunker Hill, Ill., died at Staunton Health and Rehab Center, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. She was born Aug. 28, 1938, in Wood River, to Lyman McNabney and Julia Grange...

Lynette D. Good, 65, of Riverton, Ill., died on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. She was born on Feb. 3, 1958, in Litchfield, to Gilbert Monke and Dolores DeVries....

Charles “Ed” Steele, 88, of Worden, Ill., died at Anderson Hospital in Maryville on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. He was born Oct. 28, 1935, in Ripley County, Mo., the son of the late Thomas R. Steele...

Karen Marie Bartlett, 66, of Staunton, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Born April 17, 1957, in Wood River, she was the daughter of Webster and Beryl...

Billy Conn Kelly, 80, of Dorchester, Ill., died at his residence on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. He was born Dec. 7, 1942, in Gillespie, to James Orville Kelly and Celia Dillon Kelly. He retired in May...

Paul Dean Rine, 87, of Mt. Olive, Ill., died on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Litchfield Health and Rehab Center. He was born on April 2,1936, in St. Louis, Mo., to Floyd Rine and Verna (Hicks) Rine....

Kevin L. Holman, 68, of Gillespie, Ill., died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. He was born Sept. 23, 1955, in Alton, to Ralph Holman and Virginia Epps Holman....

Brian S. Behme, 64, of Worden, Ill., died on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at his residence. He was born on Feb. 26, 1959, in Staunton, the son of Lloyd H. and Mildred P. (Owens) Behme. He was formerly...

Kathryn Y. VanHooser, 73, of Litchfield, Ill., died at her residence on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. She was born June 19, 1950, in Highland, to Edward Moore and Harriett Hayman Moore. She was a...

Judith Marie Rosenthal, 91, died on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at Hillsboro Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Hillsboro. Judith was born on July 25, 1932, in Livingston, the first child of Harris...

William “Bill” Charles Trigg, 71, of Mt. Olive, Ill., died at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. He was born in St. Louis on May 28, 1952, to William F....